Monday, July 21, 2008

The twins turn 1!


So the twins turned 1 on July 16th! It was an eventful day! Their cousins Selena & Damian came over and Nonna, too! Massimo had school so they got to have fun without any interruptions from him for part of the day. After dinner we celebrated with some cake - which neither one was too into. Dante cried...but he had already been cranky during his dinner so I think he was quite done with any food and being in his chair. Abrianna touched hers a little but wasn't too interested in it...a few days later she ate some of the cake and liked it! They had lots of fun opening their presents - of course Massimo had a hand in that and just wanted to play with all their toys! Dante's favorite toy is a little baseball stand with a bat (yikes, a bat with these 2watch out!) and Abrianna's favorite toy is a little playhouse which has little people, music and lots of buttons and things to push. It's hard to believe a year has gone by...some days (especially when I'm really tired) it feels like 3! This is a fun time with them as they will (hopefully) start walking and talking and we'll do lots of fun things as a family...I know Massimo is loving having 2 playmates more and more every day!

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Our Trip to the SF Aquarium by the Bay

Fun at the SF Aquarium by the Bay

We took a trip to the SF Aquarium by the Bay today to satisfy Massimo's constant wish to "see the ocean and fishies". At the end of the day we asked Massimo if he had fun (yes, of course he says) and his most favorite thing was the...scuba diver! Yes, that's all he talked about when we asked him what he saw. Of course when we jogged his memory and talked about the fish and what we did he enjoyed "finding Nemo" (one of his favorite movies - and where the fascination of scuba divers all started...don't be surprised if that's what he ends up being for Halloween!) and touching the Stingray and sharks...and outside of the aquarium he got to see trains (Bart), trolleys, buses, and of course the ocean! It was all very exciting for him to be in a big city like that with so much variety around him...so many things to see. The twins loved it, too. Abrianna got to interact a lot more since she is walking and more able, it was a little hard to let Dante crawl so he got to snack and check it all out from stroller view. He did get out at the end in the toddler area and got to touch the sea urchins and he loved that so much! He got really excited watching all the fish swim by. It was a fun day (and tiring chasing after at least 2 and sometimes 3).